Abstract
A diode-pumped, actively mode-locked high-power thulium (Tm3+)-doped double-clad silica fiber laser is demonstrated, providing an average output power in mode-locked (continuous wave) operation of 53W(72 W) with a slope efficiency of 34% (38%). Mode-locking in the 6th-harmonic order was obtained by an acousto-optic modulator driven at 66 MHz without dispersion compensation. The shortest measured output pulse width was 200 ps. Owing to a diffraction grating as cavity end mirror, the central wavelength could be tuned from 1.95 to 2.13 mu m. The measured beam quality in mode-locked and continuous wave operation has been close to the diffraction limit. (C) 2015 Optical Society of America
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 1464-1467 |
| Number of pages | 4 |
| Journal | Optics Letters |
| Volume | 40 |
| Issue number | 7 |
| DOIs | |
| Publication status | Published - 2015 |
Keywords
- MU-M FIBER
- SUPERCONTINUUM GENERATION
- FLUORIDE FIBER
- PULSE
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Kneis, C., Donelan, B., Berrou, A., Manek-Hoenninger, I., Robin, T., Cadier, B., Eichhorn, M., & Kieleck, C. (2015). Actively mode-locked Tm3+-doped silica fiber laser with wavelength-tunable, high average output power. Optics Letters, 40(7), 1464-1467. https://doi.org/10.1364/OL.40.001464